Walmart and others are going to feel the brunt of this, going to hurt 4th qtr with suppliers already demanding increases and a struggle to get goods here on time.
There are less and less sailings going to the east coast, space is tight and costly. East coast based warehouses sending goods to seattle/oakland/LA at same cost (obviously should be less with shorter route) and using costly 3rd party warehouse, also using costly rail, etc.
Now $20k per container from virtually all ports in China. Even more from Ningbo/Shanghai. Imagine a furniture company putting only 18 sectionals in a 40' container.
Couple quick reads on it
Various reports indicate that the numbers of containerships waiting at LA and Long Beach have risen again to more than 40 vessels, with no expectation of improvements in the near term
www.lloydsloadinglist.com
<p>A logjam at the world’s key loading and discharge ports is worsening supply chain interruptions that are driving shortages in manufacturing and lifting costs that fuel inflation</p>
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